Over the years, the Miami Chamber Music Society has presented several collaborations with artists outside the discipline of music, particularly dance. Beginning in 2013, the closing concerts of its annual Mainly Mozart Festival have included newly choreographed dances to accompany Paul Schoenfield’s Café Music and a chamber version of Liszt’s Dante Symphony, among … [Read more...]
Ambitious Mainly Mozart finale doesn’t always work
By Kevin Wilt The Miami Chamber Music Society closed out its 2015-2016 season with the Mainly Mozart Festival, which opened with the namesake composer, but featured many others. The first work on the July 1 program was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Exsultate, Jubilate (K. 165). Taking the stage for the performance was a string quartet made up of members of the Metropolitan … [Read more...]